Since I’m so far behind, I’m just going to do this stream of conscious style like E Minor does while I’m watching the episodes.

Episode 8

• We start off with Imouto knifing fireballs in a sexy body suit. Just what I wanted.
• Oh great, the school counselor just blew her top-secret cover to two kids. Normally it would be confidential but she’s counting on Tatsuya and Imouto to keep it secret. Of course Tatsuya then proceeds to blackmail her, telling her that in exchange she’ll keep him informed of any new secret developments with the police. Seriously, the police should just arrest this guy. Was it last episode he led a hit team to murder some people off campus?

• I don’t even know guys…
• OMG, did Tatsuya actually compliment someone? This is hard to believe.
• “The contestants are chosen based on merit.” OK, let’s just put Tatsuya in every event. We don’t really need tryouts do we?
• Oh, never mind, he gets to be an engineer. “But a first-year has never been elected to be an engineer!” “Who cares, you can do anything!” “Well, you two are progressive thinkers, but others might not see it that way…” Progressive my ass. Why would anyone give a crap. And didn’t we already see this before?
• Miyuki: “I want onii-san to tune my CAD!” I bet you want him to tune some other body parts too, girl…
• Hm I hadn’t thought about it but I guess Tatsuya practices concealed carry. And now this girl is masturbating to his gun.
• Taurus Silver propelled CAD forward ten years. “What do you think of him Tatsuya?” “Hmm. He might be a Japanese like you or me.” Of course, because anyone who ever did anything useful must be a Japanese. Although I am 99% sure this guy is actually Tatsuya, no way anyone else in this show could subtract from his genius.
• “I understand the parts about actualizing a Gravity Control Type Thermonuclear Reactor,” yeah, sure you do. Why does this show feel the need to go into such painful detail about its magic system? Actually, it’s not like it gives much detail. It just likes to blurt out impressive sounding names for things that are ultimately irrelevant and meaningless to make itself sound smart.
• OK, yeah, she understands thermonuclear reactors but not acceleration and deceleration spells. It’s too complicated!!! Unsolved research area.
• The experiment by the brilliant English scientists was fundamentally flawed since they misunderstood the nature of anti-magic, but a Japanese high-schooler like Tatsuya can easily understand. Since he’s, you know, Japanese.

• Those plebes, they don’t even have a clue about how good Tatsuya is! Are we seriously going to rehash the exact same conflict every five episodes?
• “I know I’d like to have Tatsuya take on the job and adjust my CAD. And maybe correct me with his big silver pistol too!”

• If Tatsuya is doing it, of course it is! You’re just too dumb to understand.

• Poor Tatsuya, the suffering hero, always misunderstood. No one else can read 40 lines of hex per second like he can!
• Of course, Tatsuya is Taurus Silver. He’s also a special officer in some sort of privatized army. I think. It’s just a part time job though. So is fighting off Chinese terrorists, more of which are on their way. Stupid Chinese thugs, when will they understand that the Japanese can never be beaten in anything and have never done anything wrong, unlike those wicked Chinese who have been oppressing Japan since the early 20th century?!!!

• Barf. Of course Tatsuya just solved the world’s toughest unsolved research problem. Cue five minutes of gibberish technical explanations and Miyuki ice skating in the sky in some weirdass fugly cosplay.

Wow, that episode was terrible even by this show’s abysmal standards. Only two developments we get out of the entire episode, aside from a bunch of technobabble: 1) Tatsuya is the greatest person who has ever lived. 2) A rehash of the exact same conflict from earlier when he was appointed to the disciplinary, which plays out the exact same way. Weren’t people telling me this show gets better? Honestly, it seems like it’s getting worse.

Episode 9

• Great now Tatsuya is the boss of a bunch of adult scientists who fawn over him and call him “young master.” Maybe this is why he has such an outsized ego. But Tatsuya is acting too humbly even though he’s the boss. His only character flaw, his humility!

• I like how Miyuki’s eyes are sparkling. “Finally, someone is giving onii-sama the respect he deserves!” is what she’s thinking.

• Yeah, just an evening project for Tatsuya. Also what the fuck is wrong with this guy’s eyeballs?
• Now we have to repeat the flying experience with new testers to reconfirm how awesome Tatsuya is. Last week’s episode wasn’t enough.
• Oh, according to Miyuki’s family, Tatsuya is a mere bodyguard. The butler can’t be expected to greet him! “After all, there’s such a thing as order.” What an idiot. He clearly didn’t get the memo from all the scientists that there is an order and that Tatsuya is at the top of the order. Hopefully our anime heroes will overthrow the oppressive systems of the world so that everyone understands the rightful order of the world, based on merit, not heredity!

• Well, he does have a point on the heartless part. This whole thing makes no sense though. He wants Miyuki to become the head, so he purposefully antagonizes Tatsuya? Doesn’t seem like the right way to suck up to Miyuki…
• Oh, great, you get a badge for becoming an engineer. It turns Miyuki on seeing Tatsuya in that manly uniform with his shiny button. I think the author has a fetish for military uniforms. Not surprising.
• Now two more engineer girls are in Tatsuya’s harem, while Miyuki denies it and says they’re just his friends. Tatsuya sighs. It’s tough being popular. No one can understand Tatsuya’s suffering.
• Lol Tatsuya appears out of nowhere to save a random girl.

• Haha is this the first time Tatsuya said something amusing? He still manages to come across as a total dick though.
• Annnnd now we get a lengthy explanation of spirits and crystal eyes. Just what I wanted.
• A year ago he would have taken the girl by force. But not now! Well that makes it ok…
• President completely fails at flirting with Tatsuya.
• Miyuki isn’t thirst because she didn’t have to stand out in the heat like her brother. I’m not sure why that affects her thirst, but okay…

• Why does onii-sama have to suffer so?!!! I don’t know, at this point Mahouka is getting pretty close to the point of self-parody.

• “I think that’s what makes your brother so great. He can stand outside and not complain.” Oh come on…
• It’s another of Tatsuya’s characters flaws, he’s too kind.
• And now a flaming car jumped the rail and is flying straight towards them. How will Tatsuya save everyone’s life next week?

Was this show always this boring? I remember the earlier episodes being more entertaining.

Episode 10

• Yep, Tatsuya saves everyone. But no one but Miyuki realizes it.

• If someone younger than you is a better magician, that’s understandable. But a girl who’s younger than you?! Might as well go jump off a bridge you’re so worthless.
• Ah, the car accident was a suicide attack by Chinese terrorists. Of course.

• Miyuki’s reaction upon hearing that it was a suicide attack, specifically: “How cowardly!” I don’t know. The fact that you have to take your own life to do it doesn’t seem particularly cowardly to me. Then Tatsuya chimes in and says all criminals and terrorists are cowardly to begin with. I’m not sure how courage is really the issue with criminals? More that they’re harming other people? But I suppose this show is so morally bankrupt that it glorifies harming other people, as we’ve seen before (i.e., with Erika’s torture), so cowardice and courage are the only things they have left to cast judgement on.
• Now let’s talk about how some girl’s clothing is too revealing.
• Apparently Erika is from a super-rich family and she’s using her connections for a luxury hotel stay. It’d be a waste not to!

• Right, Tatsuya’s not superficial like that at all. He can probably see right through their clothes anyway his magic is so awesome.

• Yeah, you guys, magic is not an ends in itself, magic is a means to an ends! Magic is to stop terrorist attacks! Also why does this old guy not have any eyeballs.
• Oh great, girls groping each other in the hot springs, just like we wanted.

• Miyuki is so hot she turns straight girls into lesbians.

• Of course she’s not attracted to her brother. Of course.
• This guy wants to take on three thieves by himself instead of getting help because Tatsuya can defeat people with stronger magic than him. Dude, you aren’t Tatsuya. You aren’t gonna make it on your own.
• Phew, Tatsuya came to help! And romantic music starts playing in the background as Tatsuya steps out of the bushes and they stare into one another’s eyes. Well then…

At least stuff is happening now. Sort of. If you count Miyuki forming her own harem of girls. Whatever.

I was going to do up to episode 13 in one sitting, but I can’t take any more right now. Later guys.